Transparency on tex#00_05 Textures?

[Mewcario]

I know you can make his sword invisible, but it's not a +1 or +2 texture, so do I still use the magenta method? Or is there a different way? And what other parts of Link can be made transparent? I wanted to get rid of his belt thing.

[alexhall]

To make the sword invisible, if it isn't +1 nor +2, you have to paint black the parts in the alpha layer you want to make invisible. I think this only works with Photoshop. With Gimp I think you just delete the parts you want to make transparent.

[mnsg]

Most of Link can't be transparent, mostly due to the texture formats.  The RGB565 (tex#00_04) texture parts can't be transparent at all, and not all CMPR (tex#00_14) format textures support transparent colors.  The RGB5A3 (tex#00_05) texture parts do support transparency though, which is why it's possible to make Link's sword (FitLink00_Blade is an RGB5A3 format texture) transparent.

[Mewcario]

Right... So, guess I CAN'T make Link's belt transparent... Alright, thnx though.

[Mewcario]

old bump

So, how would one make the #00_05 textures transparent? The same old, colour it magenta method?

[mnsg]

old bump

So, how would one make the #00_05 textures transparent? The same old, colour it magenta method?

That's for the indexed textures only.  Normal texture transparency uses the Alpha Channel.  However, you'll have a better time seeing the Alpha Channel if the texture parts are saved as TarGA (.tga) images, and viewed in Photoshop CS3 or CS4.

[Mewcario]

Yeah, the .tga files are being edited in PS CS4, but I can't seem to find / figure out how to add Alpha Layers... -_-